ZcashFoundation/zebra v6.2.0

Zebra v6.2.0

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Zebra 6.2.0 - 2026-07-17

Zebra 6.2.0 adds an experimental migration path for exchanges and custodial services that still depend on the zcashd wallet and RPC interfaces. Zebra handles Zcash networking and consensus while a constrained zcashd sidecar retains the existing wallet, RPC, and ZMQ surface. Existing Zebra deployments are unchanged unless zcashd-compat mode is enabled.

Update Priority

Added

• New experimental zcashd-compat mode (zebrad start --zcashd-compat or the [zcashd_compat] configuration section). Zebra faces the Zcash network while a hard-locked zcashd wallet runs as a sidecar connected only to the local Zebra node. Zebra can optionally download, supervise, and restart the SHA256-pinned sidecar. The release also includes an interactive installer with binary, Docker, and source-build modes, plus operational documentation and sync-check tooling (#10952). Credits to the Zakura authors for the major part of this implementation.
• New Regtest-only generatetoaddress RPC that mines blocks paying the coinbase to a caller-specified address. This allows test harnesses to fund multiple wallets from one Zebra node (#10952).

Fixed

• The installer's docker-supervised mode now configures the embedded sidecar source, so its generated command works with the published Zebra image (#11008).

How to Upgrade

Upgrading from Zebra 6.1.0 does not require a state migration or resync.

Docker

docker pull zfnd/zebra:6.2.0
# or update your compose file and:
docker compose pull && docker compose up -d

Binary

1. Stop zebrad (systemctl stop zebrad or Ctrl+C) and wait for a clean shutdown.
2. Replace the binary with zebrad-6.2.0-<arch>-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz from this release's assets, or run cargo binstall zebrad.
3. Start zebrad again.

Source

git fetch && git checkout v6.2.0
cargo build --release

Source builds require Rust 1.91 or newer, protoc, a C++ compiler, and libclang.

For installation and safety guidance, see zcashd-compat mode.

Compatibility

Contributors

Thank you to everyone who contributed to this release. We couldn't make Zebra without you:

@arya2 and @gustavovalverde.